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AGM Training Session May 23, 2014 Samantha Read

Archives CANB N.B.’s provincial database of archival descriptions hosted by AtoM : Access to Memory Artefactual Solutions. AGM Training Session May 23, 2014 Samantha Read. To help members build organizational capacity To facilitate public access to New Brunswick’s documentary heritage

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AGM Training Session May 23, 2014 Samantha Read

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  1. Archives CANB N.B.’s provincial database of archival descriptionshosted by AtoM : Access to MemoryArtefactual Solutions AGM Training Session May 23, 2014 Samantha Read

  2. To help members build organizational capacity • To facilitate public access to New Brunswick’s documentary heritage • To enhance visibility of the New Brunswick archival community Purpose of the Database:

  3. Go to: http://Archives.CANBarchives.ca • Switching languages • Log in • Browse by : Subject, Place, Archival Institution, Digital Objects • Search within: Authority Records, Archival Institution • Advanced Searching available Logging In, Searching & Browsing

  4. AtoMholds three different types of records, all based on national or international standards. 1. Details on archival institutions (based on the ISDIAH standard1) 2. Authority Records: Information about creators of fondsand collections (based on the ISAAR-CPF standard2) 3. Archival descriptions themselves (based on RAD) In order to share information about your archives, you will need to create each of these types of records. The following sections explain how to do this in more detail. How it works

  5. Locate your Archival Institution • Click “Edit” at the bottom of the page • Identity area: • Identifiers & Authorized/Parallel forms of name • Contact Area (mandatory) • Description, Access, Services and Control Areas • These fields allow you to add additional information about your archives. They are all optional, but strongly encouraged! • Edit Institutional Theme • Logos, Banners, Colours Describe your Archival Institution

  6. Authority Records are compiled before the archival description itself. • Go to: Plus sign – Add Authority Record • Required Fields: • Type of Entity: Person, Family, Organization • Authorized Form of Name: Last, First • Parallel Forms : FR/ENG Translation • Dates of Existence • Other Fields (optional, but suggested) • Places • Relationships • Related Authority Records or Resources • Control Area – Dates, Sources Adding Authority Records

  7. Guide for Dates of Existence Use for Authority Records

  8. Guide for uncertain/probable dates Use for Authority Records & Archival Descriptions

  9. Add – Archival Description • Title and Statement of Responsibility Area • Title Proper + Fonds / Collection • General Material Designation • Level of Description • Repository & Identifier (if appropriate) • Dates of Creation Area • Actor Name = Title of Authority Record • Dates (inclusive, predominant, etc.) • Physical Description Area Adding Archival Descriptions

  10. Archival Description Area: • Custodial History • Scope and Content • Notes Area • Language • Access Points • Subject, Place, Name • Administration Area – Where you publish Adding Archival Descriptions - 2

  11. You can add: To your existing fonds-level descriptions: From the edit screen Archival Description, add a new child level in the Title and Statement of Responsibility area Adding Hierarchies

  12. Digital objects can be audio files, video files, image files and pdfs. • Suggested file size limit for each digital object: 2MB • Actual file size limit: 100MB • We currently have enough storage space to house 5, 120 digital objects. • Upload limit per institution is set to 1 GB per institution (about 512 objects each) Digital Objects

  13. Link/Upload Single Digital Object

  14. Upload Multiple Digital Objects

  15. Find archival description, scroll to the bottom: • Leave Title section blank • Level of description: Item • Upload all desired files before naming them • A single click on any of the item-level icons in the treeviewor banner will take you to the “View archival description” screen. Adding Digital Objects

  16. Title Proper • General Material Designation • Repository • Identifier • Date of Creation (if available) • Physical Description • Scope & Content • Access Points • Administration Area: Publish Describing Discrete Items in RAD

  17. Accession Records • Donor Files • Physical Storage/Locations Congratulations! You have finished the AtoM tutorial. Here are some other functionalities of the database that we can explore in further sessions:

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